Chapter 240

What do normal couples do once they get engaged? Kiss, cuddle, book a dinner somewhere fancy, then blast the news to everyone they know. For Ashton and me, it was just the two of us, rattling around that enormous house, no families to phone, too early even for lunch, with a whole holiday stretching ahead of us. ‘That still doesn’t justify what you did,’ I grumbled as I rolled out of bed, every muscle in my body aching from overuse. Ashton swung his long legs off the bed, then stood and swept me into his arms. ‘Engaged couples are supposed to have sex.’ ‘Not as much as we just did.’ ‘We had to make up for lost time.’ He carried me to the wardrobe. If I’d had the energy, I’d have rolled my eyes. He dressed me—because apparently I’d temporarily lost the use of my limbs—then whisked me off to the shower, his hands not exactly staying where they should. ‘Seriously,’ I moaned, somewhere between exhausted and exasperated. ‘You need to get a grip. Maybe see a doctor, check if you’re a sex addi